Truman Regrets Failure of Dp Resettlement Program; Receives Jewish Editors

President Truman yesterday received a delegation of the American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers at the end of the four-day national convention of the Association. The delegation, led by Philip Slomovitz, editor of the Detroit Jewish News and president of the Association, presented the President with a photographic copy of the Asmonean, first Anglo-Jewish newspaper published in this country, and with resolutions acclaiming the President for his support of Israel.

Upon leaving the White House, Slomovitz quoted President Truman as saying that the displaced persons problem could have been solved “overnight” if the U.S. had agreed to accept 400,000 refugees and if other countries had taken a commensurate share. The President also told the delegation that he was familiar with the background of the British administration in Palestine and that he had outlined his plan for the emigration of refugees to Ernest Bevin before the latter became British Foreign Secretary.

In a resolution adopted at the close of the Association convention the body declared that it finds it “necessary to condemn the conversion of our major public agencies into a laundry for the washing of soiled linens” and for “airing in the public press of internal issues.” The resolution, which also protested the “injection of controversial matters over the status of the United Jewish Appeal in the non-Jewish press of America,” called for the “restoration of unity and the immediate commencement of activities in behalf of the U.J.A.”